Canning Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with Geological History

The Canning Basin hydrogeological inventory contains descriptive attribute information for spatial groundwater features. Topics include location, demographics, physical geography, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. The dataset is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network via data.gov.au.

Use Cases

• Model groundwater flow based on hydrogeological feature attributes.
• Analyze basin evolution for hydrocarbon exploration based on described depositional phases.
• Assess CO2 storage suitability based on geological characteristics.
• Study land use impacts on groundwater based on the land use and industry theme.

Strengths

• Descriptive topics are grouped into 11 distinct themes, including hydrogeology and groundwater management.
• The geological description includes specific details like a maximum sedimentary rock thickness of over 15,000 m and four major depositional phases.
• The description references around 250 petroleum wells drilled in the basin.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The data is provided in PDF format, which may hinder direct computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 00:43:34.566769; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canning Basin, Australia